From: Ben Lippolt (bjl@loki.pttrnl.nl)
Date: 07/17/92


From: bjl@loki.pttrnl.nl (Ben Lippolt)
Subject: Re: "Automagic" shoelace
Date: 17 Jul 1992 11:11:07 GMT

ujlh@pool.info.sunyit.edu (James Henrickson) writes:
>In article <1992Jul15.180931@hammer.Prime.COM> cummings@hammer.Prime.COM (Kevin Cummings) writes:
>>In article <X59XNB5w165w@ssg.com>, unixsys@ssg.com (Rick Emerson) writes:
>>
>>> On a slightly related topic, where's the script that controls choosing
>>> between SVGA and normal modes? I'd like to drop through to the desired
>>> mode automagically here, too.
>>
>>That would be in linux/boot/setup.S
>>

>There is an svga_mode patch on tsx-11 for setting the video mode at boot
>time. I've used it since Linux 0.95c, and have been pleased with it.
>Just install the patch, edit the top level Makefile to select the desired
>video mode, and recompile the kernel. It's easier than editing setup.S. :-)

As far as I know the svga_mode patch was broken by 0.96c-pl1. Or is there an
update of this patch somewhere?

Ben Lippolt